Regional Identity. - Prezi

Representation of Regional Identity Homework. - North and South extract.

My initial thoughts:
During the North and South clip, there is shown to be a representation of Regional Identity. Regional Identity refers to the certain location/ area some one is from. The regional identity through this clip was shown through Nottingham (North) and the South, these were also compared with each other but also a women from the North being apart of the South in her travels. In the North of the country, the regional identity is shown to be well mannered and religious but also well groomed. This is shown through the mise-en-scène but also sound. Another few things which represent the North's original identity is that the North are all upper class, this is revealed through the expensive furniture in the background but also the fact that the women wear jewellery while the men are well groomed in hairstyles but also wear suits. The North is briefly spoken about being 'money focused' by the older women character. This media clip shows that it does not battle against stereotypes but follows it. In the South, this clip shows again more stereotypical views. These views of the South are that they have rude behaviour, shown when they picked on the Upper class women, they all come from a working class area. The region itself is shown to be run down with dark alleys and clothes hanging up outside, there is also shown to be bustles of working men and women running down small steps as they push each other about. Slang words were also used when a working class man from the south spoke to the upper class women from the north. All the people from the south were also shown to be wearing grey work uniforms and the men were unshaven and scruffy while the women had messy hair and lopsided hats. 


Camera shots:

To begin this clip, the first camera shot used was the tracking shot. This shot was first used to follow the movement of the old women as she finally stood up but also by using this shot, the mise-en-scène was revealed of the Upper class characters from North. The audience were able to interpret that Nottingham was 'posh' and 'wealthy' as the shot revealed the expensive earrings that the women character wore but also the painting and its golden frame in the background as well as the candelabrum holding the candles. Various other objects were shown briefly but using this shot the audience were able to get the interpretation of the way the North live in expensive surroundings and outfits.

To continue this shot, the shot reverse shot was used over the shoulder. I found the next shot interesting as this one continues to reveal the appearance of the northern people as being wealthy. This is shown by revealing the older man in a well groomed state with his hair and sideburns but also suit which is completely done up to his neck. This shot also reveals to the audience that they are very emotional as the women seems to always frown in the shots while he reveals the calmness and passive behaviour of northern people. 

The last shot that stood out showing the regional identity of the northern characters would be the medium close up shot of the women when she started to speak about 'God'. This shot shown the regional identity as being a religious area as the camera only focused on the women's face and body language as her emotions conveyed to the audience when the subject about 'God' was bought up that the topic was very serious and sensitive to speak about. 

To begin the second part of the clip about the south region after the editing has token place, a pan shot was used to slowly create the camera to view the alley way from a high view to a lower view. This gave the audience the interpretation that the alleyways were dark and a working class area as the washing was shown to hang above while the people below continued washing in big tubs. The area is also shown to be smoking to reveal the stereotypical view that the 'working class' people who live down the south live in crowded small areas which would smell and become misty from the heat and smoke of their own cigarettes and boiled water. 

A few seconds more into the revelation of the southern working area, an extreme long shot was used. By using an extreme long shot, the clip was able to continue the viewing of a dark area which is run-down and mostly hand built to the audience, but also it shows that an action is about to happen as the young women is shown in the distance on her own.

After the quick establishing shot was used briefly, a hand held shot was used based on the crowd of working class people's movement. This shot alone reveals to the audience that the southern region is a busy place as bustles of people would violently push and pull each other out of the way as it becomes their break. They are also shown to have rude behaviour in this shot as the camera focuses on the way they also choose to pull and throw the upper class women's items and clothes around. This is a contrast between the calmness of the northern area to the violent and rude behaviour the working class southern people have as they reveal it as 'playing around'. The camera shot also shows that the southern region seems to be more male dominated than women. 

After this shot, more shots followed based on the story line that an older working class man stood out and helped her from the behaviour of the working class people. He stood out and battled against the stereotypes of the media. The ending of this clip, a medium close up shot of this kind working class southerner was shown to the audience. This shot alone reveals the mise-en-scène of the south region as wearing old rags and clothes while they're unclean and unshaven. This shot also grips the audience with the emotions as they really feel sympathy for the male character with his kindness yet loneliness in the south region. 

Editing

Regional Identity Homework.

Analyse the advert provided in terms of Regional Identity.



Regional identity is the identity in which either the people or the town itself show.

In the first scene, a master shot of the child opening this old fashioned gate was shown. By having an old gate which is falling apart but also the scenery being mountains and over grown fields, this advert shows that this action must take place away from big city's in the open, but in a more village styled place surrounded by nature. To let the audience know what is happening with the little child, a shot reverse shot was used to show the thoughts being swapped between the boy and cow. The medium close up shot was mainly used to show the characters expression as he became serious with what he was doing. The non - diegetic music played which would be the mood music, was to give the audience the feeling and thoughts that the boy was up to no good. At the end of this scene, the master shot was used to show the child hushing the cow through the fence. The synchronous sound was used to let the audience continue their perspective of the child not being up to good behaviour.

 

In the second scene, all the action was made longer to show the audience the region that these characters live in. Unlike the first scene, the clothes from the Mise-en-scène were shown to reveal that the region must be in the country side as the clothes seem to be shown as old mix and matched rags unlike the 'fashion' shown in the city of neat brand new clothes. This could also lead to the fact that the family must be working class as they live on the farm with one cow and seem to have not enough money to buy brand new expensive clothing. To begin the first scene, the child was shown to be running away from the camera as it is shown in a long shot. In the surroundings of this long shot, there is shown to be a huge stone built house and overgrown bushes unlike there is in the city. The child is also shown to be shouting for his mother as he runs along the non - man built paths.

Further through out the second scene, the camera was shown to appear behind a shadowed character as the child approached showing a fake fear. A medium close up shot was then revealed to show the audience his mother, in her old ragged clothing. The medium close up shot was also used to reveal her disappointment with her son for letting the cow out of the field. In this shot alone, the audience were also aloud to see the regional identity again as the shot shows their own stone house and wall but also the wooden door which is shown behind the mother character. This continues the feeling of an old farm house in a run down village up in the mountains. The last shot taken for this scene would be the medium close up shot, as the boy speaks about how he will return the cow himself. The characters in the clip also speak in a foreign language which reveals the region to be in run down county with alot of mountians and overgrown plants in the hot weather.



During the third scene, there was more action shown. This is because the camera shots for the first few seconds was individual wide shots of the scenery as the child would run down hills and across paths. In the first wide shot, there was shown to be a man riding upon a donkey with a lot of packages attached, this shows that the region do not have technology and fuel operated vehicles like we do in the city. This shows that the region is extremely old tradition. The next shot was shown to be taken in a farmers field with the huge old tree and long grass. To continue from this shot, the synchronous sound of bells ringing interrupted the non - diegetic sound of mood music to lead onto a close up shot of the bell moving. This shot was used to show that in that region, the bell was always rung in a serious matter or for a religious term. The religious term would fit this bell ringing, as a medium shot was used to reveal an old fashioned vicar pointing in the direction of the cow. This costume also shows that the region does not follow the stereotypical vicar dress sense like the city does.

 Further through the third scene, there was close up shot of the child's feet as he ran down the steps. These steps also shown the regional identity of the place, as the steps were old and crumbled away as well as being made out of slate and stone unlike the concrete steps we see everyday. Continuing on from this shot, another close up shot was shown of an old women as she shown to using the old tradition of using a paddle stick to beat the carpets of their dirt. This reveals that no technology must be around due to the fact that old fashioned ways are being taken place. As well as the old women beating the carpet, she seemed to shout out to the boy to hurry up as he ran quicker down the wide screen shots to the town.



During the fourth scene, a master shot was shown. In this shot, there was shown to be an old run down shack building with the butcher covered in blood, sharpening two sharp blades. The cow is also shown to be standing infront unaware of what is happening. This shows that this region do not show any attention to butchers sharpening knives outside their building unlike they do in the city. This shows that they're attitude is very different to the city's. Continuing on from that shot, as the audience become scared a close up shot was used to show the hygiene differences of an every day butcher in the city compared to a butchers hygiene their. But also to show the emotion he has before the boy walks the cow away. During the begining of that scene, the diegetic but also synchronous sound of the knives rubbing against eachother were played to frighten the audience even more but also give a contrast to the mood music which was played throughout most of the scenes.

Near the end of the fourth scene, the boy was shown to be taking the cow all the way back up into it's original field. In these different shots, the region is shown to have very small rocky paths but also alot of farm animals, as the paths are covered in sheep. This alone shows the audience that the region is an independant working class village that has been seperated from the bigger cities. To end the fourth scene, a master shot was used to show the mother praising her son. In the scenery, the wooden fence and stone walls were shown again to keep the cow in the long grassed fields.

On the last scene, a master shot was shown as the women would walk in to the kitchen to get the prize inwhich she treats her son with. The inside of the house is shown to be dark due to no electricity being provided in the village. The inside walls are also shown to be dull and plain as the only things that lighten up the house are the old wooden objects and frames scattered around the small room. The medium close up shot was then used on the young boy as the old patterened bowl was placed infront of him to advertise the product that the company are actually selling. As a asynchronous sound is played which is the phone ringing, the master shot is used once again to contrast the new technology against the old fashioned house. This shows a slight change in the region as it contrasts the old with the new.





 In conclusion, I believe that this advert was based in an independent old fashioned village in the mountians of Greece. Who show no need to use technology like the people in the cities do. The phone was used to create a contrast between the old days and the new to advertise how the product still is the same today.  

Regional Identity. Doc Martin Clip.

Regional Identity, is the identity in which either the people or the town itself show, to reveal the regional identity.

This Doc Martin clip pacifically shows this through out all the different scenes.

During the first scene, the clothing was compared between the Doctor himself and the workers who sit below him. This shows the regional identity because it reveals the Doctor himself coming from a city with his expensive clothes and high statuses background, while the workers come from a small village due to the lack of brand new overalls with their companies logo on them. As well as the difference between the clothes,  the room indicated that the house is an old fashioned countryside house, this shows that the regional identity must be the countryside due to the lack of an updated room.

Another few things which stand out as regional identity in the first scene is, when the pipe bursts. This example shows that when the pipe bursts, the Doctor makes a huge fuss of getting this to stop and becomes stressed like an stereotypical city person does, while the Father Plumber seems to continue to be occupied with eating his sandwich instead of stopping the flow. This shows that the countryside villagers are very laid back and relaxed even during stressful situations. The last point that stands out in the first scene would be the Receptionist, this is because she appears with no uniform but also an 'exotic' hairstyle. This shows that the countryside see no importance in labelling people with their work as it is an everyday job which clearly has no extreme activity in it.

The second scene also contained main points which stood out to show the regional identity. The first one would be the fact that the houses are old styled and upon a narrow path'ed slope, which are also shown to be empty. This once again shows a countryside region, due to the fact city's are more up to date and extremely busy unlike the countryside which shows only a rare amount of people walking at once and a more historic background. The audio in this clip also reveals the Diegetic sound which is known to be asynchronous due to the fact that the noise cannot be seen by the object making it. This would be the seagulls and wind. These audio sounds reveal that the countryside must be close to the seaside or cliff. Later during that scene, the police station is shown to be based inside an converted house, this shows that the countryside must have less crime rates in the region than a city, this is because the Police station is not shown in a stereotypical way, and covered in police vehicles.